Acknowledgements
The organizing committee thanks the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior (IAVCEI), the Climate Risk & Early Warning Systems (CREWS), the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), the Faculty of Science of the 玉美人传媒, the UK Met Office and the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Volcano Disaster Assistance Program (VDAP) for supporting this important and timely endeavour.